taen

• "Oh! here be the gentleman the captain's brocht hame!" he cried, emphasizing the two words; "as braw a gentleman as eer taen frae pirates, an 'nae doubt sin to ae bien Buckskin bonnet-laird." —  Richard Carvel
• Civ._, II, c. 10 Footnote 4: Compare Dio Cassius, Bk., XXXVIII, c. 1: "[Greek: Taen de choran taen de koinaen hapasan plaen taes Kampanidos eneme, tautaen gar en to daemosio ezaireton dia taen aretaen synebouleusen einai Footnote 5: Compare Suetonius' Cćsar_, c. 20: "Campum Stellatem, majoribus consecratum, agrumque Campanum, ad subsidea reipublicae (sic) vectigalem relictum Footnote 6: App., II, c. 11 Footnote 7: App., II, c. 20, and Suetonius, Julius Caesar_, c. 20 Footnote 8: Suetonius, loc. —  Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic
• He does not say [Greek: our dunatai idein--taen basileian ton ouranon], but he says [Greek: ou mae eiselthaete eis--taen basileian ton ouranon], the latter pair phrases which the Synoptics have already taught us to regard as convertible. —  The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion'
• "You see the hoose was taen, at ony rate," continued Sanders. —  Auld Licht Idylls
• He's taen sic likings to my brither —  Life and Remains of John Clare

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